Egypt inaugurates sprawling ‘Octagon’ military headquarters complex
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said the strategic command represented a “significant leap” in Egypt’s command and control and operations management systems.
Milley, Berger test positive for COVID-19
Milley experiencing "very minor" symptoms; other Joint Chiefs tested negative, Pentagon says.
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Lessons learned that bring factory speed, adaptability and scalability to air-and-missile defense
Dwindling stockpiles and lessons learned from Ukraine and Iran are driving urgent needs for revamping manufacturing.
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StormBreaker: A networked, all-weather weapon for low-collateral-damage engagement
Now being integrated on the F-35B, F/A-18E/F, and F-15E, the StormBreaker glide bomb has an advanced tri-mode seeker and is the first network-enabled weapon in the Air Force inventory.
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Hooah For Hybrids: 9 Ways the Military Is Curbing Energy Use
The mission: defeat the enemy while preserving Uncle Sam’s pocketbook. Saving the Earth is a worthy, but secondary, objective. The Department of Defense last week rolled out its plan to consume less, and find new ways to source, energy. The need has become particularly pressing as operations in Afghanistan and Iraq last year led U.S. […]
White House Details Cyber Conflict
Over the past two months the President and the U.S. military have been in discussions or negotiations that have resulted in multiple Executive Orders that frame offensive military operations in cyber space. Media outlets are now reporting that President Barack Obama more than a month ago signed executive orders that detail how the military may […]
First Lady in Hollywood
First Lady Michelle Obama wants to see more stories involving military families on television and in the movies. “This about making sure these families in the end feel like everyone in this country understands their sacrifice, appreciates it, and that we’re all doing our part to step up,” the first lady said. She also encouraged […]
The defense intelligence community’s AI and cyber view forward
From AI adoption and agentic systems to Zero Trust and cyber resilience, Breaking Defense’s latest eBook brings together key reporting from DoDIIS 2026 on the technologies and strategies shaping the future of defense intelligence.